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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese auto da fé (“act/sentence of faith”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: аутодафэ́)
Noun
аутодафе́ • (autodafɛ́) n inan (indeclinable)
- auto da fe (public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics; public execution by burning at the stake)